The imposing Classical style entrance to the former Hillhead High School on Cecil Street in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by Hugh and David Barclay, it was built in 1883. It later became Hillhead Primary School and is now flats.
The former Washington Street Public School in Glasgow. Designed by Henry E. Clifford and built in 1889, it was home to Anderston Primary School until the Kingston Bridge was built in the 1970s. One of the on-ramps for the bridge passes within a few metres of the upper floors of the building, and it now lies empty with its playground used as a car park.
Love this font over the girls' entrance to the former Canning Place Public School on Saint James Road in the Townhead area of Glasgow. The range of different fonts used on old Glasgow school buildings is truly amazing.
Alexandra Parade Public School building (now home to Alexandra Parade Primary School) as seen from Armadale Street in the East End of Glasgow. Designed by MacWhannel and Rogerson, it was built in the 1890s.
This font used on the gateposts of the former Haghill Public School in the East End of Glasgow is just superb.
Designed by A. Lindsay Miller and built in 1904, the school was demolished in 2022, but it's hoped some of the original features will be incorporated in the affordable housing planned for the site.
This is one of four rather amazing cast iron lamp bases outside the former Dennistoun Public School (now St. Denis' Primary) in the East End of Glasgow. The wings are slightly damaged, but other than that, they're in remarkably good condition given the fact they've been in a school playground for more than a century!
The girls' entrance to the 1883 Dennistoun Public School in the East End of Glasgow. Designed by James Salmon and Son, like all public schools of its time, it was a requirement that it had separate entrances for girls and boys. It's now St. Dennis' Primary school, and everyone uses the same entrance.
Thornwood Primary School in the west of Glasgow. Although they may not always be the most practical buildings for the 21st Cebtury, I do love these old red sandstone Glasgow schools.
The former Greenfield Public School on Nimmo Drive in the Govan area of Glasgow. Built in 1901, it was designed by Steele and Balfour. It closed in 2009 and now sadly lies empty, neglected and decaying. As a result, it was put on the Buildings at Risk Register in 2014.
Cuthbertson Primary School in the Govanhill area of Glasgow. A relatively plain, but beautifully proportioned and symmetrical building dating from 1906, it was designed by James Miller, who also designed some of Glasgow's most iconic buildings, including much of Central Station, the Modernist Union Bank Building on St. Vincent Street and the ornate St. Enoch Square Undergound Station.
The railings of the former Woodside Public School in the west end of Glasgow appear to be the point on a Venn Diagram of the city where Medieval Weaponry and Victorian school architecture overlap!
Janitor's Lodge House on Eldon Street in Glasgow. Built in 1882, this was part of the Jacobean style Woodside Public School by Robert Dalglish. Both the lodge and the school were surrounded by the ornate, and rather lethal-looking, spiked railing visible in foreground.
The former Hamilton Cresent Public School in Partick. Designed by William Landless in a Classical style, it was built in the 1880s. Hamilton Crescent was renamed Fortrose Street in 1931, and this building became Hyndland Primary school in 1972.
Craigton Public School on Dunellan Street in Glasgow. It was designed by Watson and Salmond for the Govan Parish School Board and was opened in 1910. It's now known as Craigton Primary School.
Constructed in 1895, this is an early work by Charles Rennie MacKintosh. The general outline of the building follows the requirements of the Glasgow School Board, who commissioned it, but there are plenty of distinctive MacKintosh flourishes, including the classic Glasgow-style ogee domes on the spirelets.
The former Strathbungo Public School in Glasgow (now Saint Bride's Primary School). Designed by Gordon and Baird, and constructed in 1894, it's a wonderfully imposing building and came complete with a swimming pool in its basement (now closed?).
The wonderful Art Nouveau nameplate on Alexandra Parade Primary School in the east end of Glasgow. The school was designed by MacWhannel and Rogerson and was built in the 1890s.
The tunnel-like boys entrance to the former Rockvilla Public School on Dawson Road in Glasgow.
This school was designed by John Honeyman and was built in the 1870s. An impressive building set high on a hill overlooking the Forth and Clyde Canal, the B Listed building was badly damaged by fire in 1995 and was demolished in 1996.